The appearance of the GRU sniper detachment caught Captain Lee by surprise, and his sniper team was killed and wounded twice and one wounded in less than a week, and the weapons and equipment also fell into the hands of the GRU.

In fact, it is not important to lose some equipment at all, mainly the loss of skilled snipers, which makes Captain Li feel a little distressed suddenly, Shepard has enough money to pay the other party's pension, but no matter how much money there is, it can't be exchanged for a skilled sniper, so Captain Li can only withdraw the sniper detachment in a centralized manner.

But this does not mean the end of the exchange of fire between the two sides, in other words, it represents an escalation of the war.

After the sniper detachment was withdrawn to the area controlled by the Shadow Company, the government forces, who had been holding back for many days, began a counteroffensive, with about 1,000 combat troops advancing in three directions along a front nearly 30 kilometers wide.

Captain Lee had only his own men and less than 50 guerrilla remnants in his hands, so he still used the old methods, including blasting makeshift roads and attacking government logistics supply points.

Because of the poor logistical support, the government forces have to rely on railways and roads to supply the front line, and once they are blasted or laid, the unskilled engineers have to spend days repairing or clearing the mines, and the government troops on the front line have to starve.

The commander of the government army was already numb, he didn't expect the army's logistics to be so fragile, less than three days after the road accident, the front-line soldiers began to eat chaff vegetables, and even the command headquarters ran out of paper to wipe their buttocks, he was a colonel, and the squatting pit even had to be solved with leaves.

The most infuriating thing is that the bombs and equipment used by the mercenaries to carry out sabotage were even snatched from the government army, relying on camouflage to approach the target, and then using submachine guns to strafe the sentries at a distance of more than ten meters, this tactic made the government army unable to defend against it.

And the situation of the government army Ballelaika naturally knows that a small number of government troops are not the opponent of mercenaries at all, but large-scale sorties will encounter such a problem, as for what heavy troops protect logistics, they are all heavy troops to protect logistics, so what to attack on the front line?

At the request of Soviet advisers, the government forces gave up the idea of continuing to advance, and in the complex terrain environment, they simply could not muster effective offensive means, so it was better to dig trenches honestly in the rear.

The 213th Company, which had completed its rest, immediately moved in, and considering the terrain, Baleleika gave up the plan of letting his men fight in paratrooper chariots, and prepared to let the airborne troops enter on foot.

The main direction of the 213th Company's attack is a border town called Konbermune, which is close to Zimbabwe, less than 400 kilometers from the border, a border junction under the control of government forces, and a straight line distance from the Shadow Company camp.

It's mountainous!

After breaking away from the government-controlled area on a military card, the 213rd Company advanced all the way to the southwest, and after entering the mountainous area for about a few kilometers, it chose to abandon the car and walk.

Although the mountains are completely unsuitable for the Airborne Forces, in fact, the 213th Company is at home here, and their high-intensity mountain operations in Afghanistan have made these soldiers proficient in relevant knowledge and skills.

Moreover, the Airborne Forces also carried GP15 grenades and rocket launchers to strengthen their firepower.

Ballelaika has been asking Moscow for a lot of things during this time, and even the PBS silencer, which is not much in stock, has also brought in a lot of scarce gadgets.

After entering the mountainous area, the 213th Airborne Company was then divided into several large and small clusters according to the squad size, and the GRU sniper detachment was evenly distributed among these squad clusters.

The clusters then spread out over distances of several kilometers and moved forward in a zigzag pattern.

On the side of the Shadow Company, through his indigenous friends, Captain Li also determined the whereabouts of the Soviet Airborne Forces, but he could still track the other party on the road, and after entering the mountains, he could not do anything.

In order to determine the opponent's position, he could only divide the already small forces at hand into two groups again, and then reconnoiter and search along the northeast direction.

And the Soviet Airborne Forces are also advancing in the southwest direction, and the two sides are equivalent to advancing diagonally, but the distance is far apart

Nothing more.

The reason why this route was chosen was not that there was a tacit understanding between the two sides, but that there was a lack of water in the mountainous areas, so both sides would follow a small number of places with water collection points.

Due to the hot climate and the amount of physical energy required to climb the mountain, the attention and observation of both sides have decreased, so when the top soldiers of the A3 group of Alpha and the vanguard team of the Airborne Forces climbed a hill with a good view and a shady place to rest at the same time, the top soldiers of each other were stunned and did not notice each other.

It wasn't until the two sides approached a position of about a hundred meters that one of the Soviet airborne troops saw that the guy in the distance was not his own.

"Enemies!"

AK74's rapid gunfire and warning sounded almost at the same time, and the PC spearhead who was walking in the front was caught off guard and fell down with several shots on the spot, while his companion behind him reacted in time and immediately raised the K14 in his hand and fired wildly.

The airborne troops who retreated while firing were also shot and fell, and the fully automatic weapons of both sides were full of lethality within a hundred meters, even if the PC soldiers were wearing body armor, it was useless, and the 5.45mm rifle bullet easily pierced the body armor and tore his body.

The bullet even tore through the back of his body after piercing his body, and then passed through, and when the teammates of the top soldier finished shooting the bullet and lay down to save people, they found that this unlucky guy was lifeless.

The vanguard of both sides, alarmed by the sound of gunfire, did not hesitate in the slightest, and quickly began to move forward, and then saw each other almost simultaneously, and then a fierce close combat ensued.

"Call headquarters, we are under attack, the Soviet Airborne Forces have advanced to Area K, and our troops are involved in the fighting!"

When the leader of the A3 team watched the airborne troops who were several times more numerous than himself rushing up the mountain, everyone was almost stupid, his group only had eight people in total, and the friendly troops were still three kilometers in the rear, once he was dragged down, it would be a dead end.

Before the group leader could receive a reply, the commander of the Soviet Airborne Forces had already discovered that the enemy was not numerous, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered his troops to press on the left and right, and he wanted to destroy the enemy at the weakest moment.

"HQ, we must step back!"

The team leader looked at the airborne troops who were outflanked from the left and right, and immediately ordered everyone around him to retreat.

"Retreat, retreat, hurry!"